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Otto, Carl August

Ludwigslust · b. 1801, d. 1883

Historical maker

Named in 4 books.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 68, scan 76.
Otto, Carl August, fourth son of J. A. Otto; b. Sept. 26, 1801, Jena; d. May 11, 1883, Ludwigslust. Settled in Ludwigslust (Mecklenberg) in 1832. Was appointed maker to the Mecklenberg-Schwerin Court.
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A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 68, scan 78.
Otto, Carl August, fourth son of J. A. Otto; b. Sept. 26, 1801, Jena; d. May 11, 1883, Ludwigslust. Settled in Ludwigslust (Mecklenberg) in 1832. Was appointed maker to the Mecklenberg-Schwerin Court.
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Old violins and violin lore, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). London: W. Reeves, 1900. Scan 283.
OTTO, Carl August, fourth son of J. A. Otto; b. 1801, Jena; d. 1883, Ludwigslust; maker to the Mecklenberg-Schwerin Court.
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Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 264, scan 288.
OTTO, Carl August, fourth son of J. A. Otto; b. 1801, Jena; d. 1883, Ludwigslust; maker to the Mecklenberg-Schwerin Court.
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  • Entries from 4 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 40 more Otto pages under O.

Same town, same time

1 other Ludwigslust maker has a year in the 1800s.

All Ludwigslust makers